2007 STS Continuing Education Survey
Tell us about yourself.
1. Where do you work?
Academic library
Corporate library
Government library
Public library
Other
2. Years since receiving your master's degree in library science
Less than 3
3-5 years
5-10 years
More than 10 years
3. Gender
Male
Female
4. What professional organizations are you a member of?
ALA
ACRL
STS
ASEE ELD
SLA STD
Other (please specify)
5. How would you prefer to receive continuing education?
Credit courses – distance
Credit courses traditional
E-mail tutorials
In-person workshops
Mentors
National conference/Pre-conference workshops
Teleconferences
Web based information
Other (please specify)
6. Please indicate how interested you are in learning more about the following topics.; Choices are 1 "least interested" to 5 "very interested". "No answer" or "not applicable" option is on the far right, beyond "very interested."
Advocacy, generating awareness of library services
Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar
Building and utilizing institutional repositories
Managing archival rights
Keeping current with technology, Web 2.0, blogs, listservs, RSS, pod casts, etc.
Managing and utilizing usage statistics
Evaluating existing services/developing new services
Copyright in the electronic age
Collaboration between faculty and librarian
Library instruction, assessment and surveys
Federated searching
Invisible web
Informatics
Alternative publishing models and the cost of serials
Designing Web tutorials
Professional advancement
Consortial collaboration
Future of reference, e-mail, chat, IM, other new technologies.
Improving document delivery services
Management skills, budgeting, personnel recruiting, training, and evaluation, etc.
Collection development, print and electronic resources
Future roles for libraries and librarianship
Library as place
Patent and trademark sources, searching, etc.
7. Did rating the pre-selected topics jog your memory about other topics of interest? If so, enter them here:
8. Do you have any other suggestions for provision of continuing education opportunities? If so, enter them here: